Question

what was the federal government attempting to accomplish in passing the National Labor Relations Act? what activities does the ( NLRB) protect? what specific enployer activity prohibited under the NLRA?

Answer 1

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT { 1935 }

National Labor Relations Act is also known as Wagner Act, and the bill was signed by the President Franklin Roosevelt and further enacted as law. The Federal government attempted to pass the law, to correct the inequality in the bargaining power by giving the freedom for the composition of association for the employees and to promote collective bargaining in between the trade unions [who represent the employee or the work force] and the employer.

The National Labor Relations Act, give the rights of private employees to organize, to form the trade unions and organizations for them and it will ensure their rights to go on a collective bargaining and also they can take necessary actions like the strikes. These all are protected under the NLRA.

Many employer activities are prohibited under the law. The main are listed below;

Intervene the rights of employees which are protected under the law, like that the freedom of association, which means the freedom to form the unions for employees. And also any of the actions of employer to dominate over the union by giving financial aid or like that. And also the discrimination by the employer which results in negative impact  over the employees who join the union the union or who file charges against him. And the law also prohibit the non corporation by the employer to take part in the bargaining.